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It's Clinton, not Trump, who's replaying the Nixon scenario

By Paul Green
Jul 31, 2016 1:00 AM - Columnist Paul Green: In Cleveland many pundits compared Trump's candidacy to Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign. They were philosophically correct but politically wrong.
Trump's takeover of the GOP is complete

By Paul Green
Jul 24, 2016 1:00 AM - Columnist Paul Green: Make no mistake about it. Donald Trump has taken over the Republican Party.
For both parties, conventions could be an election factor this time

By Paul Green
Jun 12, 2016 1:00 AM - Columnist Paul Green: Coming in July, both major political parties will hold four-day national conventions to nominate their presidential tickets. And for the first time in decades, Republican and Democratic leaders are concerned about (1) controlling the convention's political message, and (2) having their convention become a key factor in the November election.
The two big similarities between Democrat, Republican primaries

Mar 20, 2016 1:00 AM - Columnist Paul Green: The 2016 Presidential nomination fight in both political parties has become truly unique. Why? Two major reasons.
Taking stock of a weird race for president

By Paul Green
Dec 6, 2015 1:00 AM - Columnist Paul Green: A Presidential election year without an incumbent running for a second term often produces unusual and even strange politics, but the upcoming 2016 campaign may top the list for "weirdness."
Budget silliness defies break between politics, administration

By Paul Green
Nov 6, 2015 1:00 AM - Columnist Paul Green: The current state budgetary stalemate between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic legislative leaders Michael Madigan and John Cullerton is the perfect example of combining and not separating politics from administration.
Answers to 'How?' and 'What next?' after election

By Paul Green
Nov 18, 2014 5:01 AM - Political columnist Paul Green: The next Illinois General Assembly may be the most important session in recent history. All political spins and clichés aside, the basic answer to Illinois financial/budgetary/pension crisis is coldly simple.
Suburbs could be pivotal if Senate race catches fire

By Paul Green
Aug 29, 2014 1:01 AM - Guest columnist Paul Green: To be blunt, neither candidate for U.S. Senate has lit the campaign trail on fire. If Oberweis can win downstate, the contest may come down to the voters in suburban Cook County.
Get ready for a season of promises

By Paul Green
May 23, 2014 5:01 AM - Columnist Paul Green: Before a new governor in Republican Bruce Rauner or a re-elected Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn can tackle the state's fiscal abyss there will be a political campaign -- one that will most likely resemble a trip to Disneyland than a realistic discussion of government's economic woes and possible solutions.
Cash dash pushing party politics aside

By Paul Green
Feb 28, 2014 5:01 AM - Guest columnist Paul Green: To paraphrase an old folk song, "Where have all the politicians gone?" American electoral politics is in the middle of a revolution that is seeing political parties become mere campaign vehicles without drivers or even fuel. Replacing the old party system and its party operatives is money -- simple and clear. How has this happened and, more importantly, why?

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